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The Sparrow (1996) is the first novel by science fiction author Mary Doria Russell. It won the Arthur C. Clarke Award, James Tiptree, Jr. Award, Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis and the British Science Fiction Association Award. It was followed by a sequel, Children of God, in 1998. The title refers to Matthew 10:29-31, which relates that not even a sparrow falls to the earth without God's knowing of it. The novel begins in the year 2019, when the SETI program, at the Arecibo Observatory, picks up radio... full article at wikipedia
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  • 1996
  • 0679451501
  • 1997
  • 9780449912553
  • 1996
  • 9781561007080
  • 1997
  • 9780552997775
  • 2004
  • 0449912558
  • 1996
  • 9780679451501
  • 1997
  • 9781567401929
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